Corporate Portrait Shoot for IFS Asia Pacific

I was commissioned by Jan Brunaes, CEO of IFS Asia Pacific, to take corporate portraits for 3 guys in his office. I haven’t really done any corporate portraits before so I figured I’d try it out.

The first thing I did was research on how corporate portraits usually look like. Most are the usual studio-type shots with the printed backdrop and strobes; others are the ones with skyscrapers in the background; and yet others have the company logo prominently displayed. I thought I’d just figure out how to go about it when I see their office. Jan offered to bring his Elinchrom light kit for the shoot but I insisted on using available light.

When I got there, I was so glad to see that Jan’s office had a huge space with huge windows, so it was perfectly lit for portraits. I decided to keep the portraits simple and straight-forward. Thanks to Jan, Simon, and Wilbert, each of them was a good sport. And I was happy with how the photos came out. These are some of the ones that were chosen:

Hey danny! wow what a astonishing job! How come the subject aren’t overexposed, cuz i have a 50mm 1.4G and with that kind of a background they usually overexpose. Is it the shutterspeed? mine only goes until 1/4000 probably yours go’s futher.

@Casper: Thanks, man! I actually intentionally shot most of these over exposed.. then I just adjust the exposure as well as the highlights and shadows on post to bring out the details as you see them now.

Hey danny! wow what a astonishing job! How come the subject aren’t overexposed, cuz i have a 50mm 1.4G and with that kind of a background they usually overexpose. Is it the shutterspeed? mine only goes until 1/4000 probably yours go’s futher.

@Casper: Thanks, man! I actually intentionally shot most of these over exposed.. then I just adjust the exposure as well as the highlights and shadows on post to bring out the details as you see them now.

The Photographer

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Danny is a professional photographer specializing in portraiture, documentary, corporate, and commercial photography. He started as a hobby a few years ago, shooting strangers in the streets of Singapore every weekends.